Breakdown of Obie studentki przegadały cały wykład.
studentka
student (f)
wykład
lecture
cały
whole, entire
obie
both (f)
przegadać
to talk through
Questions & Answers about Obie studentki przegadały cały wykład.
How does the prefix prze- change the meaning of the verb gadać here?
The prefix prze- often shows that an action lasted continuously through a specific period of time. By changing the imperfective gadać (to talk or chat) into the perfective przegadać, it means the students successfully spent the entire duration of an event talking.
Why is the time expression cały wykład in the accusative case?
When you use a verb with the duration prefix prze-, the time period you spend doing the action acts as the direct object of the verb. Because of this, cały wykład takes the accusative case, just as if it were a physical object they were acting upon.
Why do we use obie for "both" in this sentence instead of obaj or oboje?
Why does the verb end in -ły (przegadały) instead of -li (przegadali)?
The subject obie studentki refers exclusively to females, which falls under the non-masculine personal gender category in the plural. Past tense verbs for this group take the -ły ending. If there were even one male student involved, it would trigger the masculine personal form, and the verb would become przegadali.
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